Hospitals debate mandatory reporting versus voluntary safety data
Opponents of mandatory public reporting argue Iowa hospitals already share outcomes with the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative and warn regulation may hinder innovation. Proponents cite Minnesota’s experience with mandated reporting lowering adverse events and deaths from falls, while hospitals stress transparency and patient safety drives improvement.
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Iowa
Scott McIntyre
Iowa Hospital Association
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
Dean Lerner
Medical error reporting and safety efforts highlighted in Iowa and national data
Iowa and Minnesota report medical outcome data with limited access to serious error details. Nationally, Medicare data show 225 hospital events in Iowa for 2008 2010. Studies indicate one third of patients in three metro hospitals had adverse events, prompting calls for transparency and cost cutting goals to reduce injuries by 30 percent and admissions by 20 percent.
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Minnesota
Diane Rydrych
Minnesota Department of Health
Lawrence Massa
Minnesota Hospital Association
Massa
Richard LeBlond
Journal Health Affairs
U.S
Office of the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Iowa
Medicare
UI flood recovery costs rise to 387 million for Hancher and arts facilities
Regent Jack Evans and Regent President David Miles voiced frustration over three years of flood recovery delays at the UI. Officials updated estimates show replacing Hancher, School of Music, and Studio Arts at 387 million, a FEMA funded 90 percent grant portion, with total campus damage potentially nearing 1 billion.
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Jack Evans
Cedar Rapids
Evans
Gazette Board of Directors
Regents
David Miles
Dallas Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Doug True
School of Music
Hancher
FEMA
True
Sally Mason
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